Donald Sutherland profile
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Donald Sutherland

17th July 1935 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Acting

Donald McNichol Sutherland (July 17, 1935 – June 20, 2024) was a Canadian actor whose film career spanned over 6 decades. He was nominated for eight Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films Citizen X (1995) and Path to War (2002); the former also earned him a Primetime Emmy Award. An inductee of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canadian Walk of Fame, he also received a Canadian Academy Award for the drama film Threshold (1981). Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited him as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his contributions to cinema. In 2021, he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries for his work in the HBO miniseries The Undoing (2020). Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films including The Dirty Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Klute (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), Fellini's Casanova (1976), 1900 (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Animal House (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Ordinary People (1980), and Eye of the Needle (1981). He later went on to star in many other films where he appeared either in leading or supporting roles such as A Dry White Season (1989), JFK (1991), Outbreak (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), The Assignment (1997), Without Limits (1998), Big Shot's Funeral (2001), The Italian Job (2003), Cold Mountain (2003), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Aurora Borealis (2006) and The Hunger Games franchise (2012–2015). He was the father of actors Kiefer Sutherland, Rossif Sutherland, and Angus Sutherland.

193 Movies 52 TV Shows 245 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Alone poster
Alone 23rd October 2020 as Edward
Ad Astra poster
Ad Astra 17th September 2019 as Thomas Pruitt
Forsaken poster
Forsaken 16th September 2015 as Rev. Clayton
Astro Boy poster
Astro Boy 15th October 2009 as President Stone (voice)
Trumbo poster
Trumbo 10th September 2007 as Self
Beerfest poster
Beerfest 25th August 2006 as Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)
Lord of War poster
Lord of War 16th September 2005 as Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)
Uprising poster
Uprising 4th November 2001 as Adam Czerniaków
Panic poster
Panic 1st December 2000 as Michael
The Hunley poster
The Hunley 11th July 1999 as Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard
Virus poster
Virus 14th January 1999 as Captain Robert Everton
Fallen poster
Fallen 16th January 1998 as Lt. Stanton
Outbreak poster
Outbreak 10th March 1995 as General Donald McClintock
Citizen X poster
Citizen X 25th February 1995 as Col. Mikhail Fetisov
JFK poster
JFK 20th December 1991 as X
Lock Up poster
Lock Up 4th August 1989 as Warden Drumgoole
Threshold poster
Threshold 19th September 1981 as Dr. Thomas Vrain
Gas poster
Gas 24th July 1981 as Nick the Noz
Bethune poster
Bethune 1st January 1977 as Dr. Norman Bethune
1900 poster
1900 28th August 1976 as Attila Mellanchini
FTA poster
FTA 21st July 1972 as Self
Klute poster
Klute 23rd June 1971 as John Klute
M*A*S*H poster
M*A*S*H 18th February 1970 as Hawkeye Pierce
Joanna poster
Joanna 24th November 1968 as Lord Peter Sanderson
Trust poster
Trust 25th March 2018 as J. Paul Getty Sr.
Ice poster
Ice 16th November 2016 as Pieter Van De Bruin
The Frame poster
The Frame 9th April 2013 as President Coriolanus Snow
Uprising poster
Uprising 4th November 2001 as Adam Czerniaków
Studio 4 poster
Studio 4 22nd January 1962 as Switchboard Operator